“Good girls don’t
talk to wolves.”
- Old Wife’s Tale
The Red Riding Hood story
has been re-worked many, many times since the Brothers Grimm collected the original
French tale and popularised it throughout Europe in the early part of the 19th
century.
The tale appears to hold
symbolism and meaning which resonates with many people in many different
countries across the centuries.
There are of course numerous
ways to interpret the original tale, and its many variations and derivatives. The
sexual interpretation is so obvious and blatant that it barely even need be
mentioned here, except in passing.
I have also seen the Red Riding
Hood tale re-worked in Second Life numerous times – as machinima, photoshoots
and performances – the most memorable to date probably being Toxic Menge’s 2010 machinima where I
happened to be at the first in-world showing.
The frank truth is that I will
rarely get excited to read an all too frequent Group Notice announcing yet
another “re-telling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood story”. However, when the artists involved in the
re-working are as accomplished as Alpha Auer, Cherry Manga and Soror Nishi it
would just be churlish to give it anything but serious consideration.
With an appreciative hat tip to Quan Lavender I attended the opening of
their collaborative whole-region installation on Sunday evening. As one would
expect from artists of this calibre, the build quality is high, the atmosphere
immersive and the colours glorious.
Click here to teleport to
the installation, called ‘The Companion’
For reasons which
will become obvious, the region is ‘Adult’ rated. Please use Windlight sky setting
“[TOR]SCIFI - Bridge opera 1” and ensure your ‘Sounds’ are turned on.
Due to its richness of
colour and imaginary, I suspect that ‘The Companion’ will deservedly form the
backdrop of many more ‘Red Riding Hood’ inspired machinima and photoshoots.
It is no reflection
on ‘The Companion’ that, of this latter prospect, I find myself somewhat less
excited.
Pixie xx
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